Trade Deadline Preview-2014
Woah! Hold your horses, we got one more update before we get to the Future's Game, All Star Game and all that jazz.
We need to take a look at what the Rangers are going to do at the trade deadline. If this was just some regular, cookie-cutter franchise, we'd just cross that bridge when we get to it. We'd probably make a couple posts over in the trade thread, spend hours trying to find some way to sneak Clayton Kershaw into a Rangers uni... you know that kind of stuff.
But this is a whole new ball game... pun intended.
Now with that being said, there are several names that we are looking at for the trade deadline. I'll go ahead and say now that we won't be bringing in a Cole Hamels or somebody like that this time around. We have about 8 million in the bank, limited assets to work with, yahda yahda, etc, etc.
With that being said, the key area of focus this deadline will be finding pitching. Particularly, reclamation projects. If teams like Chicago, Pittsburgh and Houston can build serviceable rotations with reclamation projects, damn it so should we! After all, we got Mike Maddux running the staff and we all know he ain't no slouch when it comes to developing pitchers.
So here are the preliminary names Jon Daniels and his staff are looking at.
Vance Worely

28.2 IP, 30 strikeouts, 2 walks, 5.02 ERA.

8.1 IP, 8 strikeouts, 1 walk, 1.08 ERA.

116.1 IP, 89 strikeouts, 26 walks, 3.56 ERA.
FURTHER UPDATE: Also kicked the tires on Yasiel Puig... just for kicks.
The deadline is still a couple weeks away so I'll go ahead and leave this open. If anyone has any suggestions on players we should target, fire away. I'm all ears.
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